HONOLULU (KHON2) — Scientists continue to explore the deep story of how Earth and the moon formed. One idea has gained attention because it pushes us to imagine the planet in its earliest and wildest days.
It suggests that part of an ancient world may still rest far below the Pacific Ocean, beneath Hawaiʻi.
Dr. Garrett Apuzen-Ito, professor of earth sciences at the University of Hawaii, explained that the idea reaches back to the very start of the solar system…